Casting lure



June 5, 1923. 1,457,926

M. S. DUNKELBERGER CASTI NG LURE Filed July 1, 1922 INVNTORI @WWE @W 7WMM .254,- ATTORNEY Patented June 5, i923.

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CASTING LURE.

Application filed July 1,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MrLroN S. DUNKELJ nnnenn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CastingLures, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a new device forcatching game fish in the form of an interchangeable bug or fly. It iseconomic and convenient for fishermen, since one fly or bug may be usedwith various colored wings, It is quite difficult to carry one body foreach set of wings as at present, whereas my device makes it possible tocarry three or four different colored bodies and fifty or more differentcolored wings to provide an assortment of several hundred differentstyles of bugs or flies. Furthermore, if the wings are caught orsnagged, the entire bug or fly is not ruined, since a new set of wingsmay be easily attached.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is top plan view of my improvedcasting lure. Figure 2 is a plan view of an attachable wing having apink or red color. Figure 3 is a plan view of a green wing. Fig- 4 is aplan view of a brown or purple wing of a diferent design. Figure 5 is aside elevational view. of my improved casting lure. Figure 6 is a frontend view of the same. Figure 7 is a perspective view of the casting lurewith the clip over the wing. Figure 8 is a longitudinal sectional viewof the lure, showing the hook running through the body. And Figure 9 isa perspective view of the casting lure, showing how the wing is removedfrom the body.

Throughout the specification and drawings, similar reference charactersdenote corresponding parts.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a detailed description of theform of the embodiment of my invention illustrated therein, the numeral1 designates an elongated tapering body preferably constructed of woodand through which passes the shank portion of a hook 2. Provided in theupper front portion of the body 1, is a horizontal groove 3 into whichthere may be readily slipped or inserted the front portion of a twinwing-piece 4.- made of celluloid or waxed paper. As above pointed out inthe description of the various figures, each.

-Figure 3, inserted in its place.

1922?. Serial No. 572,141.

wing-piece may be of different color, so that any number'of wing-piecesmay be used with one body 1 to imitate different colored flies or bugs.

After the front end of a wing-piece 4 is inserted in the groove 3 of thebody 1, the following means are provided for firmly securing it to thelatter. Passing through holes in the middle portion of the body 1 fromthe top to the bottom of the latter, are the free ends 5", 5 of a springwire 5 which is turned at its front end to provide a triangular portion6 that is adapted to be sprung over the eyelet end 7 of the hook 2. (SeeFigures 6, 7 and 9.) The eyelet end 7 of the hook projects outwardlyfrom the body 1, below the groove 3 therein, a sufficient distance topermit the triangularportion 6 of the wire 5 to be easily hooked over itafter a wing-piece 4: has been inserted in said groove, to firmly retainsaid Wing piece in the groove when the lure thus formed is used infishing. The front end of the wire 5 may be easily disengaged from theeyelet end 7 of the hook 2 to permita wing-piece 4 to be withdrawn fromthe groove 3 in the body 1 and another wing-piece of a different colorsuch as the green one shown in In Figure 4- I have shown a wing-piece ofa slightly different shape in that the ends of the wings terminate inreduced rounded. portions 8, 8, which wing-piece may also be readilyapplied to the body 1 in the manner hereinbefore described.

It will now be seen that with one body a large number of differentcolored or shaped wings may be used to provide an assortment ofartificial flies or bugs that may be easily carried and assembled by afisherman. The device'is not only economical from the standpoint ofinitial cost. but also in use, for if the wings are caught or snaggedthe entire bug is not ruined since a new set of wings can easily beattached to the body 1.

I do not wish to be limited to the details of construction andarrangement herein shown or described, and any changes or modificationsmay be made therein within the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a casting lure, the combination with a body, of a wing-piecetherefor and spring means for removably attaching said wingpiece to thebody. 0 ,2. In a casting lure, the combination with rig a body having ahorizontel groove in its front end, of a, Wing-piece adapted to beinserted in said groove, and a spring element attachedto body for firmlysecuring said Wing-piecein the groove. I

3. In a casting lure, the combination a body having a horizontal groovein its front end, or a Wingpiece adapted to-be inserted in said groove,a hook Whose shank I 19 projects 'longitndinal-lythrough said body,

, I and having an eyelet end extending .a short -distanoe in frontof-iseid body, a (bent .Wire

adgrpted to be hooked over the eyelet end of the hook in front er theWing-piece in said groove.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this29th day of June,1922.

MILTON S. DUNKELBERGER.

Witness? I HoWARD S. S ITH.

